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Slaget ved Ashdown

Slaget ved Ashdown
Del af Vikingernes invasion af England
Afbildning fra 1800-tallet af slaget ved Ashdown.[1]
Afbildning fra 1800-tallet af slaget ved Ashdown.[1]
Dato Ca. 8 januar 871
Sted Berkshire
Resultat Vestaksernes sejr
Parter
Vest saksere Danske vikinger
Ledere
Æthelred
Alfred
Bagsecg 
Halfdan
Sidroc den ældre 
Sidroc den yngre 
Osbern 
Fræna 
Harold 

Slaget ved Ashdown var en slag, der foregik omkring d. 8. januar 871, hvor vestsakserne slog en dansk vikingehær. Stedet Ashdown kendes ikke, men det kan være Kingstanding Hill[a] i Berkshire. Andre forfattere placerer slaget nær Starveall, et kort stykke nord for landsbyen Aldworth og syd forøst for Lowbury Hill.[3][4]

Vestsakserne blev ledet af kong Æthelred og hans yngre bror, den fremtidige kong Alfred den Store, mens vikingerne blev ledet af Bagsecg og Halfdan. Slaget bliver beskrevet i den Angelsaksiske Krønike og biskop Assers Life of King Alfred.[5]

  1. ^ John Peddie argumenterer for at slaget fandt sted ved Kingstanding Hill i Moulsford.[2]
  1. ^ Hughes, T (1859). Scouring the White Horse; Or, the Long Vacation Ramble of a London Clerk. Boston, MA: Ticknor and Fields. OL 7069504M.
  2. ^ Peddie, John (2005). Alfred, Warrior King. Stroud, UK: Sutton Publishing. s. 96-98. ISBN 978-0-7509-3796-2.
  3. ^ "britishbattles.com".
  4. ^ Marren, Peter (2009). Battles of the Dark Ages. Pen & Sword Military. ISBN 978-1844158843.
  5. ^ Abels, Richard (1998). Alfred the Great: War, Kingship and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England. Harlow, UK: Longman. s. 129. ISBN 0-582-04047-7.

51°32′06″N 1°13′48″V / 51.535°N 1.23°V / 51.535; -1.23

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